Child care · Metro area · Virginia
Child care centers and preschools in the Lynchburg, VA metro area
How the Lynchburg, VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #107 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 36
- 2 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- −13.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $41.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $402 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 269,169
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Lynchburg metro area comes to about $41.5M a year: $402 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.2M per center, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Lynchburg metro area has 36 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in the Lynchburg metro area classed as child care services, down 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,068 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 256 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lynchburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Lynchburg metro area is 61 (upper middle), #107 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Lynchburg metro area compares
The same measures for Virginia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Lynchburg metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,068 | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.8% | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $402 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $68,996 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50−13.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 859
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 256Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 362 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Lynchburg metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Lynchburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 269,169+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 103,401
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,121 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $68,996+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,223
- Median home value
- $239,700
- Jobs located here
- 98,871
- Daytime population
- 253,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lynchburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, VA-WV | 74 | 29 | 5.2 | $986K | +6.5% | #38 of 387 |
| 2Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 66 | 20 | 3.8 | $1M | +3.2% | #79 of 387 |
| 3Richmond, VA | 62 | 300 | 5.6 | $973K | +5.5% | #100 of 387 |
| 4Lynchburg, VA | 61 | 36 | 3.5 | $1.2M | +2.9% | #107 of 387 |
| 5Charlottesville, VA | 61 | 52 | 5.7 | $1M | +3.1% | #110 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 58 | 1,804 | 7.6 | $1M | +3.3% | #138 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 58 | 46 | 3.5 | $1M | +2.3% | #139 of 387 |
| 6Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 57 | 24 | 3.4 | $1.3M | −0.1% | #143 of 387 |
| 7Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 52 | 387 | 5.5 | $925K | +0.9% | #184 of 387 |
| 8Roanoke, VA | 51 | 57 | 4.3 | $986K | +0.4% | #187 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lynchburg metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools61
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Lynchburg, VA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 child care centers and preschools in the Lynchburg metro area. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. Official counts list 256 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lynchburg, VA metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $41.5M a year, or $402 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 103,401 households in the Lynchburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lynchburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Lynchburg metro area has 3.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.2M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Lynchburg metro area would have about 42, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,068 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lynchburg, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lynchburg metro area at 269,169 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,401 households. Median household income in the Lynchburg metro area is $68,996, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Lynchburg metro area scores 61 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #107 of 387 scored metro areas.
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